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There was something profoundly evocative about seeing an aged Conor Oberst on stage - guitar in lap, microphone bent to his lips, Joan of Arc haircut flayed in front of his eyes. The lights were blue and dimmed, and the backdrop of Bethlehem’s industrial wasteland through the window behind the stage lent his frame a quiet and angelic air.  Having seen him twice before (once post- Cassadaga as Bright Eyes and the other time with his backing Mystic Valley Band), I was unsure what to expect from a performance simply under the name Conor Oberst. With an opus of [...]